"He's fine, he's not tubby at all"
Bulldogs coach Kevin Moore on his returning centre Jamal Idris.
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"The old adage comes true, it's a game of two halves."
League commentator Jason Costigan shows he's no mathematician at the start of the third half in the Warriors' match against the Roosters last Sunday. They played two halves of extra time.
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"I want him to fight like a man, not run like a bitch. Stand and fight me, Vladimir Bitchko!";
English boxer David Haye helpfully provides Wladimir Klitschko with a little more motivation for their heavyweight title fight in June.
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"There are a few traditions there which you'll see that you might sort of question at times at Augusta. But in general terms they're a very modern club. I take my hat off to them."
Golfing commentator Phil Leishman on the delightful charms of Augusta. So what are those "traditions"? Well, of the 300 members of Augusta not one is a woman. Not that they're sexist. And not that it's a refuge for old racists - Augusta only had its first black member in 1990. Take your hat off indeed.
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"You've always got to have a coloured boy in the team."
Former England and Lions coach Dick Best takes a moment to remind us all of rugby's cheery tradition of racism when touring South Africa. So why does Dickie want to have " a coloured boy in the team"? To fetch the drinks? To carry the bags? Get this man to Augusta!
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"These two legs have reallyopened up."
Television commentator Jim Beglin after Frank Lampard scored for Chelsea to make it 4-4 against Liverpool in the Champions' League. Snigger.
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"Yeah, it's good to see big Wendell Sailor has lost so much weight.
I mean, what's the big fella down to now ... five chins?"
Knights legend Adam MacDougall on his old pal Wendell Sailor. MacDougall had the last laugh as well.The Knights beat the Dragons 24-18.
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"The decision reflects the double standards of the body whose primary job is to take all important decisions with utmost impartiality. But here they did exactly the opposite."
Pakistan cricket team manager Yawar Saeed on the ICC's decision to ditch his country as a co-host of the 2011 World Cup due to security fears. And, yes: that's the same Pakistan where gunmen tried to slaughter an entire cricket team last month.
SuperSport's They Said It: "He's fine, he's not tubby at all"
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